Following Jesus: Following Jesus Discipleship Resources

By Samuel Deuth

How do we Follow Jesus and fulfill His purpose for our lives here on earth? This book focuses on drawing from the Bible the seven essentials to following Jesus.

You'll not only learn essential information about Jesus, but you'll be stirred to seek and know Him personally; discovering Jesus' heart for you and His purpose for your life.

This book is great for all those who are committed to Following Jesus. Whether you're new to your relationship with God or you've been following Him for years, this book will encourage and strengthen your faith and it will equip and empower you to share your faith and disciple the people in your world!

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Book Cot
• Release date: Feb 27, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215174227

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F O L L O W I N G

J E S U S

7 ESSENTIALS TO

FOLLOWING JESUS 

SAMUEL DEUTH

Copyright © 2021 by Samuel Deuth

ISBN 978-0-9980088-0-6

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016945990

Printed in the United States of America | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without prior written consent.

Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from The Holy Bible, New International Version ®, NIV ®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. ® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Other versions used include: Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © ©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved; THE MESSAGE (msg), copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group; the Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (esv®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV® Text Edition: 2011. Used by permission. All rights reserved; and the Amplified Bible (amp), © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation, used by permission.

CONTENTS

FOLLOWING JESUS

PRAYER & WORSHIP

THE BIBLE

WATER BAPTISM

THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE CHURCH

SHARING YOUR FAITH

LOVING PEOPLE

IT’S YOUR TURN

MORE RESOURCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CHAPTER ANSWER KEY

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Come close to God, and God will come close to you.

–James 4:8 (NLT)

FOLLOWING JESUS

A NEW LIFE

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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:

The old has gone, the new is here!

—2 Corinthians 5:17

The most important decision that you make in this life is deciding who you will follow. Who you follow impacts the quality of your life on earth and determines where you will spend eternity after this life is over. There is no greater life than the one lived following Jesus! It is a life where you lay down everything, only to find you have more than you ever had before.

One of the first and most influential followers of Jesus was a man named Paul. He had quite the impressive resume in life, but he didn’t really experience fulfillment until he encountered Jesus and decided to live for him. This is what he said about this new life:

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ.

—Philippians 3:7-8

People are always looking for happiness and fulfillment, but only when we turn from our way to following Jesus will we experience the full life that he has for us! This is why the Bible is so specific about declaring Jesus as our Lord. It’s not enough just to believe that he’s real; you must choose to follow him.

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WHAT’S NEXT?

As a follower of Jesus for many years now, I know firsthand the value of having someone help you learn to walk out your faith, which is why we created this book—to help with the essential beginning steps after choosing to follow Jesus.

The Bible is the exhaustive book on following Jesus, and this book is designed to be a quick guide to your next seven essential steps in your walk with him. Each chapter will break down one of the key things you need to know and show you how to do it. At the end of each chapter you’ll see additional verses you can use if you’d like to study the topic through further.

Before we get into those steps, I want to talk about a foundational truth regarding the heart and character of God that the entire Bible and your relationship with Jesus are built on.

"GOD LOVES YOU AND WANTS

TO BE CLOSE TO YOU."

As you develop your relationship with God, it’s important to know he isn’t tolerating you, or putting up with you, or trying to get rid of you; he has done everything to be close to you. God loves us and wants to be with us. He wants a relationship with us for all eternity. He’s not satisfied with a distant association; he wants to be close to us.

From the beginning of time, God walked with the people that he loves, as he did when he spent time with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. But, because God loved them, he also gave them the ability to choose to love and follow him and experience all the good he had for them or the choice to go